Registered: Dec 2000
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Posts: 7

Re: Favorite Handspring Accessory

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Originally posted by jradi
I got that direct connect cell cable which is by far my favorite handspring accessory to date. For only $35 I have access to the internet and email without having to plug in anywhere! No need to have a modem

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jradi, what cable are you talking about, and how does it work?? And where does one get it?
more info, please!

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: washington, dc
Posts: 82

at Staples, be sure to scan the price..

at my Staples here, the hang tag still says $129. Take it to the checkout, and it will scan $49.

Registered: Jan 2001
Location:
Posts: 8

Got One! and Compuserve?

Got one of the modems at Staples here in Socal, Orange County. The salesman was quite impressed that I knew this....told him I got it here at VisorCentral!

Anyhow, now I have it at home, tried to configure as directed, and cannot get it to work with the old compuserve email account. I can read, but cannot send out.....any advice?

thanks

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 32

Found a stash of 'em in Detroit Rock City!

Metro Detroit, anyway... the Staples store on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills, to be exact. I was back home for Mom's Day and stopped in to look for HSM. Nobody knew what I was talking about (even after I found about four of them on a clearance table toward the back of the store). Sho'nuff, $129.99 price tag rang-up as $49.90! Downloaded the free Blazer and was up-and-surfing in no time. This thing is pretty sweeeeeeeeet! Though a tad slow when using 16 shade Gray-scale, the graphics on my Plat are phatt! Thanks for the original post. PS: Found a retractable 8-foot phone cord at Walgreen's for $12 (much smaller than the included 6-foot cord.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
Posts: 695

After reading these posts, I checked the 'Net, and found the website showing them for $99.90. Yuck, but expected.

I used 'find a store' to locate the nearest stores and started to call. None of the local stores had one, but a clerk at one of them offered to check their on-line inventory and found a stash several states away.

Called there, and not only do they have a few, but they are now ringing up at $29.90! (Yes- go ahead and read it twice!)

I asked if they could ship me one, and had to speak to the manager, who will have to speak to HIS manager to figure out how to do this- but he assured me it was do-able!

The trick seems to be to find stores big enough to have stocked a handful of these, but out of the way enough to still have some left.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 23

Thanks folks!

I've been following this thread and checking Staples each week. As soon as I read here that the price went down again, I headed over to my local Staples and got one for $29.90! I even had a $10 off $40 coupon, so added an extra $10 of stuff that was essentially free. By the way, the hang tag still said $129.

In my area Staples has oversaturated - I have 3 within about 10 minutes and another 3 within 30 minutes away.

Although I have the supplynet cable to dial with my Sprint phone, I know some hotels where I have found the Sprint service is lousy, so I can now use the modem as an alternate.

Now if only they weren't charging for Blazer!

Doug in CT.

Registered: Feb 2001
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Posts: 99

Sorry I haven't checked here in a while:

www.cables4pdas.com

They've got it all - match your cell phone w/ your pda - they even have straight forward directions for making it work.

Registered: Mar 2001
Location:
Posts: 2

Staples Handspring modem for $29 on their Web-site

After reading this latest post, I checked Staples Web-site, and sure enough the modem is now $29.90 plus shipping and local tax, online. My total was $41.07, with New York area high sales tax plus $7.95 one business day UPS. I ordered one on Friday afternoon and it will be at my home on Monday. This is a good deal for a backup modem, no matter what else you use (I use Omnisky/Ministrel).

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Originally posted by dougef
Thanks folks!

I've been following this thread and checking Staples each week. As soon as I read here that the price went down again, I headed over to my local Staples and got one for $29.90! I even had a $10 off $40 coupon, so added an extra $10 of stuff that was essentially free. By the way, the hang tag still said $129.

In my area Staples has oversaturated - I have 3 within about 10 minutes and another 3 within 30 minutes away.

Although I have the supplynet cable to dial with my Sprint phone, I know some hotels where I have found the Sprint service is lousy, so I can now use the modem as an alternate.

Now if only they weren't charging for Blazer!

Doug in CT.

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Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 264

Staples website now shows them out of stock. I was able to grab three modems at one of our local Staple's, but the other two are out of stock.

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 260

Try this...

Buy two and return one for full price at another store